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PLATE TECTONICS

EARTH'S FORMATION

EARTH'S INTERIOR

WEATHERING AND EROSION

OTHER GEOSPHERE



PLATE TECTONICS

Questions open for Comment!
  1. Continents During Mountain Formation (open)
  2. Continents During Mountain Formation - Majors (open)
  3. Counting Tectonic Plates A (open)
  4. Counting Tectonic Plates B (open)
  5. Counting Tectonic Plates C (open)
  6. Crustal Root Density - Majors (open)
  7. Crustal Root Under Erosion - Majors (open)
  8. Earthquake Epicenter Location
  9. Elevation During Mountain Building (open)
  10. Elevation During Mountain Building - technical (open)
  11. Isostasy Crustal Root - Majors (open)
  12. Isostasy Crustal Thickening (open)
  13. Mountain Formation Time (open)
  14. Mountain Forming Forces (open)


Validated Questions
  1. Average Annual Continent Motion (closed)
  2. Continental Migration (closed)
  3. Defining Earthquake Effects (closed)
  4. Earth's Initial Surface (closed)
  5. Earth's Tectonic Plates (closed)
  6. Events Affecting Earthquakes (closed)
  7. Fate of Supercontinent (closed)
  8. Investigating Ocean Basins (closed)
  9. Large Earthquake Production (closed)
  10. Relating Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tectonic Plates (closed)
  11. Tectonic Plate Definition (closed)
  12. Tectonic Plate Motion (closed)
  13. Timing Continent Migration
  14. Volcanic Distribution on Earth



EARTH'S FORMATION

Questions open for Comment!
NONE- CONSIDER SUBMITTING POTENTIAL QUESTIONS

Validated Questions
  1. Continental Migration (closed)
  2. Dating Earth's Formation (closed)
  3. Early Continent Arrangement
  4. Earth's Early Life
  5. Earth's Early Rock Temperatures
  6. Earth's Early Surface
  7. Earth's Early Surface Temperature
  8. Earth's Initial Physical Appearance
  9. Earth's Initial Surface (closed)
  10. Earth's Size at Formation
  11. Earth's Time of Formation
  12. Gauging Earth's History
  13. Geologic Dating


EARTH'S INTERIOR

Questions open for Comment!
NONE- CONSIDER SUBMITTING POTENTIAL QUESTIONS

Validated Questions
  1. Beneath Earth's Surface (closed)
  2. Composition of Earth's Core (closed)
  3. Cross-Section of Earth (closed)
  4. Earth's Inner Heat Sources
  5. Inside of Earth
  6. Techniques to Evaluate Earth's Composition



WEATHERING AND EROSION

Questions open for Comment!
  1. Crustal Root Under Erosion - Majors (open)


Validated Questions
  1. Factors Influencing Erosion Rates
  2. Forces on Rocks
  3. Mechanisms of Weathering and Erosion
  4. Sand in the Ocean
  5. The Effects of Wind



OTHER GEOSPHERE


Questions open for Comment!
Folds
  1. Folds

Isostasy
  1. Crustal Root Density - Majors (open)
  2. Isostasy Crustal Root - Majors (open)
  3. Isostasy Crustal Thickening (open)

Magnetism
  1. Magnetic Minerals in Rocks

Mountains
  1. Continents During Mountain Formation (open)
  2. Continents During Mountain Formation - Majors (open)
  3. Describing Mountains
  4. Mountain Formation Time (open)

Rocks and Minerals
  1. Composition of Rocks

Volcanoes
  1. Continents During Mountain Formation (open)
  2. Volcano Formation
  3. Volcano Location



Validated Questions
Earth's Future
  1. Earth's Future Size
  2. Life Changes Over Time

Earthquakes
  1. Defining Earthquake
  2. Defining Earthquake Effects (closed)
  3. Earthquake Epicenter Location
  4. Events Affecting Earthquakes (closed)
  5. Large Earthquake Production (closed)
  6. Relating Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tectonic Plates (closed)

Magnetism
  1. Earth's Magnetic Field
  2. Earth's Magnetism and Gravity
  3. Evidence for Earth's Magnetic Field
  4. Metallic Ball Moving

Mountains
  1. Gauging Mountain Characteristics

Rocks and Minerals
  1. Characterizing Rocks and Minerals (closed)
  2. Oceanic Rock Formation
  3. Rocks at Earth's Surface
  4. Shell Aggregates
  5. Volcanic Rock Formation

Volcanoes
  1. Origin of Volcanic Material
  2. Relating Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tectonic Plates (closed)
  3. Volcanic Distribution on Earth
  4. Volcanic Rock Formation